Donald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial.

The US president envision the planned arch to be a height of 250ft, or significantly taller than the 100ft-tall Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. It would also be significantly taller than Paris’s 164ft-tall Arc de Triomphe – but less than half the height than the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri, the world’s tallest arch.

The Post reported that Trump has his eye on a plot of land near Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River, citing two people who are familiar with the plans and spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity.

The latest proposed addition to the Washington skyline comes as Trump is already constructing a new East Wing to the White House containing a ballroom. At 89,000 sq ft, the new ballroom is supposed to be larger than the White House’s 55,000-sq-ft footprint, at the same 70ft height.

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    Not a surprise to anyone. Even if it said trump reportedly wants a 250ft penis errected and named trumps boner, that would be no surprise. What I am surprised by is that he hasn’t demolished mt Rushmore to put his face there yet.

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    He’s sending a message. He has no intention of leaving power, and his family will rule us for a long time.

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    See this irks me, because if I was in charge, I’d want to spur the economy by building giant cool shit too. Course, I’m thinking more like the Colossus of Rhodes, or those two giant mountain king statues from LOTR (Argonath). But anything that could be seen as a monument to this absolute vile traitor, is too much. After he’s imprisoned and dies his pathetic lil death, that name should be stripped from all records, buildings, everything. His name, forever synonymous with a repulsive pathetic evil clown.

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    As a voter and a taxpayer, I’m waiting on some important concessions before I can support this. Were Trump, for example, hoisted in front of the arch by a crane and dropped from the top into an inflatable kiddie pool filled with cottage cheese, this could become an important and beautiful landmark for D.C.

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      And the stories you could tell your grandkids.

      “I was there, I got a little cottage cheese on me.”

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        It’s not the best idea, since it’s completely indistinguishable from the contents of his head.

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      As a voter and a taxpayer, I’m waiting on some important concessions before I can support this. Were Trump, for example, hoisted in front of the arch by a crane and dropped from the top into an inflatable kiddie pool filled with cottage cheese, this could become an important and beautiful landmark for D.C.

      You know what? I can get behind a tyrannical triumphal arch in DC. If a president ever turns tyrant, we can hang them from it, Mussolini-style.

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    Wouldn’t it just be easier to send the National Guard to St. Louis to procure their arch?

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    I will only agree to this if there is a huge “TRUMP” brand on both sides, constantly lit up night and day by power sucking Klieg lights. “Gild it!” (that should go without saying). /s

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      I hope he does that too and without sarcasm. I want it to be the biggest, ugliest, trashiest piece of shit in DC. A legacy to the trailer trash POS president.